Prep baseball: Tars improve in loss

ALISO NIGUEL - The Newport Harbor High baseball team suffered its

seventh Sea View League loss, but Sailors Coach Jim Kiefer said he saw

improvement at Aliso Niguel Wednesday.

With two outs, Tars senior catcher Garrett Brant hammered a three-run

homer, his first of the season, in the third inning. The blast scored

junior Cameron Pemstein and senior Alan Lane for a 3-2 lead.

But, Aliso Niguel (10-3, 6-2 in league) grabbed two runs in the bottom

of the inning and one more in the fourth to secure victory.

Newport (4-8, 1-7) will play at Irvine, Friday at 3:15 p.m.

“We struggled last week,” Kiefer said. “But, today we competed a

little bit better. We were in it all the way until the seventh inning. It

was definitely an improvemnt overall.”

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Aliso Niguel 5, Newport Harbor 3

Newport Harbor 003 000 0 - 3 3 1

Aliso Niguel 112 100 x - 5 8 2 Forsythe, Ward (5) and Brant; Difley and Serocke. W - Difley. L -

Forsythe, 1-3. 2B - Vandersloot (NH). HR - Brant (NH), Fielder (AN),

Hebeler (AN).